IDITAROD RESEARCH!

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SLEDDING 101
Open the document and save in your own folder. Then complete the activity by typing in the blanks. This may be more than one page. Your answers should be in italics. Print and turn in at the printer.









1. Go to www.iditarod.com 2011 Iditarod and "Musher Listing". Choose a musher for the race if you have not already done so. Report the name to your teacher by 2:05


2. Take your tracking map and write your musher's name (spelled correctly) in the space provided. We will track the mushers together today. It is up to you to track tomorrow and Wednesday.
3. Look over the musher poem page at your table. Using www.iditarod.com, musher listing...write a poem following directions on the sheet for your chosen musher. Do PRINT PREVIEW first, make sure the poem is 7 lines only (adjust margins if necessary or adjust font size) and then save and print - ONE TIME ONLY.
4. The Last Great Race on Earth Power Point
Use the sites below to help you in your quest for information on this topic! Good Luck!!
Power Point Directions on Iditarod History
Title Slide - Include Title- Iditarod History , Your name and Picture
Slide 1- Fact paragraph of 2-3 sentences (S, CD, CX) with a picture.
Slide 2- Fact paragraph of 2-3 sentences (S, CD, CX) with a picture.
Slide 3- Fact paragraph of 2-3 sentences (S, CD, CX) with a picture.
Conclusion Slide- Fact paragraph of 2-3 sentences (S, CD, CX) with a picture.

SAVE in your JOHNSTON folder

Process:
First you will research and write all of your sentences/paragraphs
Second, you will include background either pictures or design, and other photos
Third, you may add Word Art or animation

Iditarod history
Photo gallery for slide show
http://www.iditarod.com/learn/photogallery.html**

http://www.alaskanet.com/Tourism/Activities/iditarod/history.html

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1883457,00.html

http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html

http://users.rcn.com/sandyk.massed/iditarod_Site/iditarod_history.htm